Prep time
20 min
Serves
4 - 5 ppl
Cook time
30 min
Ingredients
4 - 5 jars DUCKCHAR Duck Fat
1 whole chicken, cut into 10 pieces
Kosher salt
Pepper
2 eggs
1 cup whole milk
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon paprika
2 teaspoons garlic powder
2 teaspoons chili powder
8 tablespoons cayenne pepper
2 tablespoons brown sugar
White bread
Kosher pickle slices
Cooking Directions
Step 1 - Season chicken with Kosher salt and pepper to taste. Chill in refrigerator for 2 hours.
Step 2 - In a large bowl, whisk whole milk and eggs together. In a second large bowl, whisk flour with 1/2 tablespoon Kosher salt.
Step 3 - Piece by piece, dredge chicken in flour, shake off, then dip in whole milk/egg mixture and dredge again in flour. Lay flat on a baking sheet.
Step 4 - Heat DUCKCHAR Duck Fat in a large dutch oven at 325 degrees F. Fry a few pieces of chicken in duck fat at a time. Turn the chicken over every few minutes as it fries in the duck fat. Depending on the piece, it will take 15 - 20 minutes to fully cook. Fry chicken until the skin becomes crispy and changes to a deep golden color. Just make sure it’s fully cooked. You know what fried chicken looks like, right? Duck fat fried chicken looks the same. It’s just crispier and richer.
Step 5 - Carefully ladle out one cup of duck fat from the dutch oven and add it to a bowl. Rapidly mix in cayenne pepper, chili powder, paprika, garlic powder, and brown sugar.
This step is the inflection point of the recipe where your meal transforms from incredible duck fat fried chicken to duck fat hot chicken.
Brush the duck fat fried chicken with this spicy sauce just before serving. The more you brush on, the spicier and hotter it’ll be.
Step 6 - Serve duck fat fried hot chicken with kosher pickle slices and a few slices of white bread. Making a simple sandwich is the way to go.
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About this Nashville-Style Hot Chicken Recipe…
Where do we start? Fried chicken is amazing. Duck fat fried chicken is better. Nashville-style hot chicken fried with duck fat is life-changing. We love cooking classic recipes with DUCKCHAR Duck Fat. We’re not sure why we overlooked this fried chicken recipe for so long but we’re sure glad we fixed that. Adding duck fat to a fried chicken recipe is like adding whipped cream to a sundae. It’s a small and easy change that creates an iconic dish. The flavor is even richer and texture is spot on: crispy fried chicken. Chicken fried with duck fat is so good that if you don’t invite friends or family over to share it with you, you’ll eat the entire meal. This recipe calls for a whole chicken. That’s a lot of chicken. Also, don’t forget, it’s a hot chicken recipe. We are no slouches when it comes to spicy. So be prepared for the heat. Although you’ll easily be able to control just how spicy you want to make this recipe. We say, “bring on the heat!”